"Walmart Slashes Prices on Apple iPhone 5 and iPad" ABCNews 7:30 AM
"A not-so-quiet weekend for Apple in China and Taiwan" Fortune 1:47 PM
"iPhone 5 hits China as Apple shares slide further" Reuters 7:30 AM
"Apple job posting hints that future iMac versions could use AMD Radeon graphics" ZDNet 12:13 PM
"ITC judge clears Apple, Intel, HP of patent infringement allegations" AppleInsider 12/15
"Google Maps Is Back, but Apple's Outta Whack: Tech Weekly" TheStreet 12/15
"5 Ways Google Maps Beats Apple Maps: Google Maps' triumphant return to the iPhone exposes just how bad Apple's app really is." InformationWeek 12/15
"Google Maps for iOS may violate European data protection law: German watchdog says the issue is turning location data sharing on by default." Ars Technica 12/15
"Foxconn iPhone Factory Under Scrutiny Again" DeviceMAG 12/15
"Andreessen: Here's The Difference Between Steve Jobs And Tim Cook" Business Insider 12/15
"Redesigned and Expanded Third Street Promenade Apple Store Opens in Santa Monica, CA" MacRumors 12/15
"Latest Mac malware adds to 'troubling trend,' says security expert" ZDNet 12/14
"More than 80% use iTunes 11, 21% hate it, many can't run it: Our survey found that iTunes 11 uptake is strong, but not everyone's pleased" Macworld UK 12/14
"Apple launches iCloud, Services, and Services status page" ZDNet 12/14
"Apple Launches New Comprehensive Service Status Page" App Advice 12/14
"Apple announces Mac App Store's Best of 2012: Deux Ex takes Game of the Year on Mac" Electronista 12/14
"OS X Server (Mountain Lion): 'An SSL error has occurred' message when upgrading to Server app v2.2" Apple Support 12/15
"Q&A: MacFixIt Answers/This week readers e-mailed in questions about Target Display mode in iMac systems and RAM purchases for Macs among others." MacFixIt 12/14
"The Festive Apple 2012: Christmas Trees for OS X, iOS, and the living room" AppleTell 12/14
"How Mac Sheeple Backup Up Files To The Cloud With The DollyDrive App" Mac 360 12/14
"What The Top Mac App For 2012 Can Do To Enhance Your Photos" TeraTalks 12/14
"100 Ways To Love And Lust For The Mac's Top Camera Utility App For 2012" BohemianBoomer 12/14
"The Best 2012 Menubar App For The Mac Is A Tie (one is free, one is not)" NoodleMac 12/14
"The Top Mac Social App For 2012 Doesn't Come From Twitter Or Facebook" McSolo 12/14
Op/Ed
"Hate iTunes 11? You're Not Alone" Tapscape 8:08 AM
"How Pixle Created Its Clever Cut-and-Fold App 'Foldify'" Wired 12/15
"Made in America Macs Soon, iOS and OS X Will Not Merge, iMac RAM Upgrade, and More Mac News" Low End Mac 12/14
"For Apple, change could be a good sign" Macworld 12/14
"iTunes 11: iTunes desperately needs a complete rethinking. iTunes 11 isn't that. It seems as if Apple tried to hide iTunes' complexity under a shallow veneer of simplicity. Unfortunately, a new coat of paint won't fix the leaning tower of Pisa." ignore the code 12/14
"Staff Picks: The Top 6 Best Mac Apps Of 2012 (from the Mac App Store)" Mac 360 12/14
Press Releases
"Alfred 2.0 Will Have Powerful New 'Workflows' For Creating Complex Searches On Your Mac" Cult of Mac 6:33 PM
"VLC Media Player 2.0.5: UI Tweaks, Subtitle Fixes, More" FairerPlatform 1:21 PM
"Media Alert: FotoMagico 4.1 Free Update Keeps Track Of Your Media Assets" prMac 12/14
"Digital Heaven releases DH_SubtitleX for Final Cut Pro X and Motion 5" prMac 12/14
"Christmasville from Nevosoft" ["Christmas is in danger! Santa Claus has been abducted from his home at the North Pole. You play from the perspective of Arthur Knight, a private detective who reluctantly starts his own investigation of the case of the missing Santa."] Nevosoft 12/14
"Christmasville from Nevosoft Now Available on Mac App Store" prMac 12/14
"Santa Brings Picture Collage Maker Pro with 30% off plus a Free Gift" prMac 12/14
"Apple opens iPhone 5 sales in China" AppleInsider 12/14
"Apple's China reservation system again cuts down on lines, scalpers for iPhone 5" AppleInsider 12/14
"iPhone 5 Launch in China Is Cold, Quiet, and Lifeless (videos)" M.I.C. Gadget 12/14
"Samsung exec comes out as Apple fanboy: Samsung chief strategy office Young Sohn has admitted that he prefers using a Mac, iPhone and iPad" Macworld UK 12/14
"The $105 iPhone 5: Smaller Carriers Turn to Payment Plans to Bring Down Smartphone Prices" Techland 12/14
"Report On iOS 6 Adoption After Google Maps Release Suggests Impact Of Apple Maps Exaggerated" TechCrunch 12/14
"Apple brings back app 'gifting' straight from your iOS device: And the absent-minded can schedule up to 90 days in advance, too." Ars Technica 12/14
"Apple iOS users can now gift an app from the App Store" CNET News 12/14
"Apple reintroduces app gifting to iOS, includes new 'delivery date' option" Digital Trends 12/14
"iPad mini makes list of 'Best Boomer Tech Products for 2012'" AppleDailyReport 12/14
"Apple confirms Amazon ebooks bendover, EU watchdog drops bone" The Register 12/14
"Police on Apple store tasering: It was 'justified'/After reviewing an incident in which a 44-year-old woman was tasered for allegedly refusing to leave an Apple store, police conclude the act was 'justified and appropriate.'" CNET News 12/14
"A Chinese Woman Got Tasered By U.S. Cops For Buying Too Many iPhones From Apple Store" M.I.C. Gadget 12/14
"The Most Meta Use Of Apple Stickers We've Ever Seen [Image] Cult of Mac 12/14
"Cop Busted for Buying $15 iPhone From Another Officer" Mashable 12/14
"Latest Steve Jobs action figure remarkably detailed" CNET News 12/14
Non-Apple News
"A New Project Glass Patent from Google Spells out Features, Apps & Powerful Patent Claims" Patent Bolt 11:53 AM
"Ray Kurzweil Joins Google As Engineering Director Focusing On Machine Learning And Language Tech" TechCrunch 12/14
Publications/Podcasts
"MGG 428: More Than Cool Stuff Found (and Questions Answered, too!)" The Mac Observer 12:25 PM
"The TouchArcade Show - 82 - Prone to Odd Infections" Touch Arcade 12/14
"Gene Steinberg meets Adam Engst of TidBITS, Jim Dalrymple of The Loop, and Avram Piltch of Laptop magazine this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!" The Tech Night Owl LIVE 12/14
"Google Maps For Apple Violates European Union Law?" Forbes 12:14 PM
"Retailers run out of iPhone 5 stocks: Holiday season, DSF expected to fuel more demand for the product" Gulfnews.com 9:23 AM
"How iOS emulation is reviving an arcane, arcade-inspired retro console: Vectrex Regeneration brings Asteroids-style vector graphics back home again." Ars Technica 12/15
"Apple Suppliers Hit By Order Cuts, Analyst Says" WSJ Blogs 12/14
"Apple Doubles iPad Mini Display Orders: Stronger than expected demand has led Apple to increase the number of iPad Mini displays on order from 6 million to 12 million." InformationWeek 12/14
"NPD questions if iPad shipments will topple 100M next year" ZDNet 12/14
"Taiwan market: Retail sales of iPad 4, iPad mini start" DigiTimes 12/14
"Foxconn refutes rumors of issues with automated production plans" DigiTimes 12/14
"Next iPad Mini to Have Retina Display?" MacRumors 12/14
"Next iPad Mini to get hi-res display, larger iPad to be lighter, report says" Digital Trends 12/14
"Apple said to be working on high resolution iPad mini displays" iDownload Blog 12/14
"Apple iMac 21.5in review (late 2012)" ITProPortal 7:29 AM
"Macworld Buying Guide: Which MacBook should you buy? Treat yourself to a new MacBook this Christmas with Macworld's essential guide" Macworld UK 12/15
"Element Case's Ronin case for iPhone 5: Lightweight luxury" TUAW 12/15
"Blue Microphones Spark Digital review: a solid iOS / USB mic for recording on the go" Engadget 12/15
"Scosche Realm RH656 Headphones: Good Sound Without Fuss" Cult of Android 12/15
"Instaplayer: New iPad app to create animated, musical slideshows from live Instagram feeds" VentureBeat [Free Registration Required] 12/14
"Apple's Top 10 Free Apps of 2012" TheStreet 12/14
"Last.fm's Scrobbler Is An iOS Music Player With Recommendations & Smart Playlists" AddictiveTips 12/14
"1Password 4 for iPhone & iPad: Beautiful Security" The Mac Observer 12/14
"1Password for iOS Gets a Major Upgrade" Best App Site 12/14
"Strum Review: Strum is the video clip equivalent of Instagram. It has a slightly expensive pricing policy but the vast majority of its content is free and decent." 148Apps 12/14
"Iterations: Google Challenges Apple At The iOS Application Layer" TechCrunch 6:52 PM
"Cassandra - Monday Review: It will soon be Friday" eXtensions 8:46 PM
"Reality Absorption Field: Apple's wireless way" TUAW 8:55 AM
"Tasers, taxes and the launch of the iPhone 5 in China" Fortune 12/15
"Apple rumors never cease: The iPad Mini rumor-machine is just getting started. And don't think for a minute that you'll see fewer stories than before. Apple rumors are an unstoppable force of nature." CNET News 12/15
"On That iPad Mini Retina Display Rumor..." AppleBitch 12/14
"iPad mini: Bringing the elderly into the digital age" ZDNet 12/14
"Apple Could be at a Disadvantage in China for Many Years" Patently Apple 12/14
"10 Alternatives to Apple iOS 6 Maps for the iPhone 5" PC Magazine 12/14
"Apple Devices Generating Almost Two-Thirds of Web Traffic" Forbes 12/14
"My Tech Predictions for 2013'" Tech.pinions 12/14
"Andreessen explains how Steve Jobs, Tim Cook are different: The famed venture capitalist says that market share didn't matter at all to Steve Jobs, but it certainly does to Tim Cook." CNET News 12/14
"Microsoft's new Windows chief discusses Sinofsky, the iPad, and a transition to touch" The Verge 12/14
"I gave up iPad for Microsoft Surface" BetaNews 12/14
"Developers say yes to iOS, but ambivalent about Apple: Survey reveals developers' negative opinion of Apple, but huge interest in building for iOS devices; Android also gets top marks" InfoWorld 12/14
"The Top 5 Apple News Headlines Of 2012" PixoBebo 12/14
"Can a MP3 sound better than a high-resolution FLAC or Apple Lossless file? Maybe; it depends on the MP3 and the high-resolution file." CNET News 12/15
"Worst products of the year: Products from 2012 that must have sounded like a good idea: but weren't." CNET TV 12/14
"Google Nexus 10 Tablet: First Impressions" The Mac Observer 12/14
"Microsoft is winning by losing in mobile: So say the analysts, who dig deep to find an upside to Microsoft's lackluster showing in mobile" InfoWorld 12/14
"Whitman: One Write-Off Too Far" Monday Note 5:57 PM
"HP steps up action over Autonomy: Hewlett-Packard still has investigators from accountancy firm PwC in Autonomy's Cambridge headquarters 'lifting up filing cabinets' to gather eVidence against the company, The Sunday Telegraph has learnt." Telegraph 7:39 AM
"HP says it's abiding by agreement but won't give specific numbers" The New York Observer 7:38 AM
"Window pain for Ballmer: M'soft's big mobile bet" New York Post 7:48 AM
"Surface RT tablet sales down as Google Nexus 8, iPad Mini sales boom" Northern Voices Online 7:45 AM
"Microsoft Surface now comes to John Lewis retails Stores in the UK after Best Buy and Walmart" PC Tablet 7:45 AM
"Bill Gates in Zimbabwe safari holiday - Unverified Reports" Zimbabwe Mail 7:45 AM
"Microsoft, Motorola to keep patent case private" Reuters 7:46 AM
"Google signed same standard license agreement with MPEG LA as 1,100 other AVC/H.264 licensees" Foss Patents 6:28 PM
"Santa ditches Google for Microsoft: After years with Google, the US military's Santa tracking service is switching to Microsoft Bing." Telegraph 7:46 AM
"Dell Has A New Platform As A Service That Actually Makes Sense" TechCrunch 6:53 PM
"AMD Cuts Its Chip Orders: It has also started using Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company for some advanced chips" Linux 9:12 AM
"Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD) Launches Opteron 4300 Processors for Telecom" CrazyJoys.com 7:41 AM
"Intel wins first round in patent fight" Bloomberg News 7:43 AM
"Cisco rumored to be putting Linksys up for sale: The networking giant is said to be shedding more of its consumer businesses by asking Barclays to help it sell the home wireless-router company." CNET News 9:13 PM
"Cisco hires bank to sell home wireless router unit: Report" Reuters 8:14 PM
"Windows Phone Store Launches In 37 New Markets, Adds Universal Search Feature" BGR 12/15
"Microsoft web Store now has support for installing apps via SD card" Tech 2 12/15
"Microsoft Caves In, Allows Mature Games in Windows Store" Tom's Hardware 12/15
"Microsoft Wants to Kill Windows XP but Updates App to Work on It" Softpedia 12/15
"How Apple's Current Price Is Justified" Seeking Alpha 8:57 AM
"Apple And Yahoo! Moving in Opposite Directions (Again)" Investing.com 7:28 AM
"Apple stock takes investors on a wild ride" Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 12/14
"$AAPL Drops to $510 After UBS Cuts Estimates, Lowers Target" The Mac Observer 12/14
"Apple stock slouches toward $500, near February lows: Apple's stock continues its recent declines, dropping nearly 4 percent in a day, and reaching prices around which it hovered in mid-February." CNET News 12/14
"Apple Stock Slide Endangers $241 Million of Structured Notes" Bloomberg 12/14
"Apple Stock: Among the Nutty Theories, a Legitimate Worry" Forbes 12/14
"Here's why AAPL hit 10-month low today" iDownload Blog 12/14
"Munster: Why I Still Believe Apple Is Going To $900" Business Insider 12/14
"AAPL: Slow China iPhone 5 Response a Technicality, Says Piper" Barron's 12/14
"AAPL Falls as Low as $507.66: UBS, Jefferies Trim iPhone Views, Ponder China Question" Barron's 12/14
"U.S. Stocks Turn Lower: Stocks turned lower, erasing the S&P 500's weekly gains, as Apple weighed on technology shares and upbeat Chinese factory data failed to excite bulls." WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 12/14
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